Epic Handshake Three Way Meme Template
The Epic Handshake imagery descends from the 1987 film Predator, where Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Dillon (Carl Weathers) turn a greeting into an exaggerated clasp. The familiar painted object-labeling image is based on later artwork, not the film still itself; Know Your Meme documents both Rory Dean’s 2012 watercolor and MILOSLAVvonRANDA’s 2012 chalk drawing. This active three-way variant adds a third participant. Its four labels represent three groups plus a shared opinion, desire, behavior, or complaint at the joined hands. It is used for unexpected alliances, relatable common ground, or an ironic shared weakness.
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What the Epic Handshake Three Way meme means
The Epic Handshake imagery descends from the 1987 film Predator, where Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Dillon (Carl Weathers) turn a greeting into an exaggerated clasp. The familiar painted object-labeling image is based on later artwork, not the film still itself; Know Your Meme documents both Rory Dean’s 2012 watercolor and MILOSLAVvonRANDA’s 2012 chalk drawing. This active three-way variant adds a third participant. Its four labels represent three groups plus a shared opinion, desire, behavior, or complaint at the joined hands. It is used for unexpected alliances, relatable common ground, or an ironic shared weakness.
A three-party remix of the painted Predator handshake: one muscular arm enters from the left, a second from the lower right, and a third from the upper right. The active template has four label areas: left arm, lower-right arm, upper-right arm, and the clasped hands near the top center.
How the joke works
Slots 1–3 label three distinct people, groups, objects, or ideas on the three arms. Slot 4, at the joined hands, states the one clear point all three share. The middle claim should follow plausibly from each outer label; an unexpected or hypocritical overlap can provide the joke. Keep group labels concise and the center statement readable.
- Left arm: identify the first group, person, or idea.
- Lower-right arm: identify the second group, person, or idea.
- Upper-right arm: identify the third group, person, or idea.
- Joined hands near the top center: state the one shared belief, behavior, goal, or complaint.
Caption examples
- Frontend developers
- Backend developers
- DevOps engineers
- Nobody wants to maintain the legacy service
Three distinct groups occupy the outer arms and the joined center states one clear shared complaint.
- Pizza
- A chair
- The moon
- Things
The labels do not establish a meaningful common point, matching the source context’s bad example.
Situations it fits
- three different communities agreeing on one complaint
- three roles sharing an awkward incentive or habit
- unlikely allies united by a practical goal
- a humorous shared weakness among otherwise different groups
When this format does not fit
- Do not omit one of the three distinct outer sides or place the shared statement on an arm.
- Do not make the center claim unrelated to one or more groups.
- Do not confuse this four-label three-way variant with the standard two-party, three-label Epic Handshake.
- Do not copy sample wording mechanically; use the groups’ real shared point.
